Vending-machine.



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A. H. BOWMAN & H. DfDESHLER.

. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2L 1915. 1,250,785.. Patented Dec. 18,1917.

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A. H. BOWMAN & H. DIDESHLER. VENDING MACHINE.

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A. H. BOWMAN & H: D. DESHLER. VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAYZI,I915.

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VENDING MACHINE.

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ALTON HJBOWMAN, or ALLENTOWN, PnimsYLvANIA, AND HENRY .D. nnsnnnn, 0F

BELVIDERE, NEW JERSEY. a

VENDING-MACHINE Specification of Letters iatent. Patented Dec; 18, 1917v 7 Application filed May 2'7, 1915. Srial No. 30,811.

To all whom it may-concern: V

Be it known that we, AL'roN H. BOWMAN and HENRY D. DnsHLnn, citizens ofthe United States, residing, respectively, at Al lentown and Belvidere,in the counties of Lehigh and Warren, States of Pennsylvania and NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Vending-Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to vending machines, one of its objects being toprovide a simple and compact machine having comparatively few. parts sothat it will not readily get out of order.

A, further object is to provide a machine of this character having meanswhereby the package, While being ejected from the magazine, will operateto open a coin shutter so that the coin deposited in the machine will bedirected into a coin receptacle, while the package will be deliveredinto a tray or other receptacle provided therefor, the coin shutterbeing so mounted as not to interfere with the fall of the package intoits receiving tray. 7

Another object is to provide means whereby a coin will not onlybe'returned to the customer should it be deposited in an empty machine,but it will also be returned to the customer should it be inserted intothe coin receiving slot after the plunger has been pushed inwardly'outof its normal position, thus preventing the machine from becomingclogged, as has heretofore been the case under like conditions.

A further object is to provide a machine of this character soconstructed that should a slug be deposited in the coin slot, it will.be retained in the machine without either.

clogging the machine or effecting the delivery of a package, suchretention of the slug preventing its reuse by the depositor.

A further ob]ect is to provide means whereby a coin smaller than thatdesigned for use in connection with the machine, will I be returned tothe customer'if deposited in the coin slot.

A further object is to provide a novel form of casing especially usefulin connection with a single magazine machine,'this casing being in onepiece and being held in position by alock of novel form.

A further object is to provide improved means whereby the machine can beadjusted for use in dispensing packages ofv different thicknesses.

With the foregoing and ot erobjects in view which will appear as t edescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterscribed and claimed, it being understood that'changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made withinthe'scope of what is claimed, with out departing from the spirit of theinvention. I I

In the accompanying drawings the pie 'ferred forms of the invention havebeen shown.

In said draw1ngs:

Figure l is a perspective view of a complete machine utilizing aplurality of magazines.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section taken from front to rear of thelower portion of the machine and through one of the magazines and themechanism cooperatingtherewith. g

Fig. 3 is a section on line AB' Fig. 2, two of the magazines beingremoved and the parts thereunder being shown in section.

Fig. i two of the magazines and the coin shutters combined therewithbeing removed.

7 Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the lower portion of the machine,said section being taken on the line E F Fig. 4, and showing the slugpassage into the coin .box.

Fig.6 is a section through a portion of the mechanism and showing therelative is a section on line CD Fig.2,

positions of the parts during the ejection of a package by an insertedcoin.

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of amodified form of machine especiallydesigned for use in narrow spaces such as found between the windows ofstreet cars and the like.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged section on line G-H Fig. .7. i v V Fig. 9 is asection on line IJ Fig. 8."

Fig. 10 isa section on line K L Fig. .8.

Fig. 11 is a section on line ML-NFig. 9.

Fig. 12 is a. section on line O-P Fig. 10.

Fig. 13 is a section through a portion of the top of the machine andshowing the lock used for holding the casing in position.

Referring; to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates ahousing the front of which is open as at 2 while the bottom there offorms a tray 3 which may be provided with a retaining rib or projectiona extend ing from one side to the other of the bottom, this tray beingdesigned to receive delivered packages as well as returned coins. Studs5 are extended inwardly from the sides of the housing creasing 1 and aredesigned to be detachably engaged by hooks 6 formed at the upper andlower ends of flanges 7 extendin inwardl from the sides of a front plate8 adapted to flt snugly between the sides of the housing or casing l andto be supported by the studs above the bottom of said casing or housingas shown. This front plate 8 is adapted to be held in position by apanel 9 having a groove 10 in its lower edge for the reception of theupper edge of the plate 8, said panel fitting snugly between the sidesof the casing 1 and under the top of said casing and being fastened byany suitable form of lock, indicated generally at 11. Thus it will beseen that when panel 9 is in position the front plate 8 will be securelyheld in place and cannot be removed until panel 9 has been unfastenedand removed. This panel 9 serves to conceal the magazines and theircontents except where openings 12 are provided near the lower end of thepanel 9 through which certain of the contents are visible.

Extending inwardly from the front plate 8 at the sides thereof and atpoints between the upper and lower edges of the plates are arms 13 whichsupport a plate 14 constitut ing a slide the ends of which are seated ingrooves 15. This slide is provided with a longitudinal series of slots16and 17 designed to receive coins and slugs respectively, one slot 17being interposed between every two slots 16 and there being a number ofslots 16 equal to the number of magazines used in the machine. In theform of ma chine illustrated in Figs 1 to 6 inclusive four magazines areemployed and, consequently, there are four slots numbered 16 and twoslots numbered 17 each slot 17 being located between two slots 16.Depending from the slide 14 so as to lie flush with the front and backwalls of the slots, are segmental tongues 18 substantially semi-circularand of a diameter somewhat less than that of the coin to be used inconnection with the machine. Each pair of tongues 18 forms a coinreceiving slot or pocket therebotween. There are no tongues dependingfrom the walls of the slots 17, as will be seen by referring to Fig. 3.

Secured upon the back face of the front plate 8 is an inclined guideplate 19 having pairs of coin passages 20 extending from the top to thebottom thereof, the passages 20 of each pair being separated by a magnet21 which is secured to the guide plate 19 in under to the slot 16alining with the passage.

The lower ends of the passages 20 of each pair are separated bydeflecting webs or par titions 23 which are extended toward the lowerend of magnet 21 andform between them a slug receiving space 24registering with one of the slots 17 and communicating with the coinpassages 20 between the deflecting webs 23 and the magnet 21. Thusshould a slug be inserted into the coin slot or opening 22 it will.gravitate for a distance along the coin passage 20 but will adhere tothe magnet 21 and thus be deflected by said magnet to a positiondirectly above the space 24 whereupon it will be released and will fallinto said space 24 and slot 17.

That portion of the plate 19 directly over each of the slots 16 is cutaway or arched, as shown at 25. A cover 26 is secured upon the rear orinner portion of the guide plate 19 so as toclose the passages 20 thiscover being likewise arched or cut away at its lower edge, as shown at27 so as to register with the arched orcut away portion 25.

An arm 30 is extended rearwardly from the middle portion of the guideplate 19 and through the cover 26 and has a depending finger 31 in whichis slidably mounted a plunger 32 the front end of which is slidablymounted in the front plate 8. This plunger 32 is secured to the bottomof the slide 14 so that when the plunger is pressed inwardly the slidewill be moved therewith inwardly away from the front plate 8. Coiledsprings 33 or the like are secured to the front plate 8 and to theplunger 32 and serve to hold the plunger normally projected and theslide 14 normally pressed against the plate 8, as shown in Fig. 2.

Arms 28 are extended inwardly from the sides of the guide plate 19 andhave inturned cars 29 at their rear ends. These arms 28 are adapted toreceive between them a wedging block formed of wood or any othersuitable material and which bears clownwardly on the cover 26, the samewedging between said cover and the ears 29 so as thus to be supported.The rear or inner face of the wedging block 3 1 is substantiallyvertical and has secured to it a series of spaced channel members 35constituting magazines which areopen at their upper and lower ends andat the back or inner sides thereof. The walls of these magazines areheld close to the slide 14 and have inwardly extending packagesupporting flanges 37 and longitudinal retaining flanges at their lowerends, as shown at 39, to permit the ejection of a package from betweenthe supporting flanges 37 and the lower ends of the retaining flanges38. The front wall of each magazine has its lower end cut away orarched, as shown at 40, thus to permit the passage under said wall ofthe upper portion of a. deposited coin, as will be explainedhereinafter. These front walls of the magazines are supported'directlyback of the vertical plane in which the slots 16 and 17 are located, aswill be seen by referring particularly to Figs. 2, 4 and 5.

Ears 40 extend upwardly from the arms 13 and support a rod 41 whichextends transversely across the back faces of the magazines near thelower ends thereof. This rod is for the purpose hereinafter pointed out.i "Fixedly connected to the arms 13 below the slide 14 is a coin shelf42 extending throughout the width of the front plate 8 and spaced, atits front edge, plate. The front edge of this shelf 42 is disposed insubstantially vertical alinement with the series of slots 16 and 17,those portions of the shelf 42 under the slug receiving slots 17 beingcut away or recessed as shown at 43 in Figs. 4 and- 5, thus to permit aslug to fall freely through its slot 17 and past the shelf 42 Upstandingfrom the front edge of theshelf 42 below the end portions of each slot16 are coin supporting fingers 44. As shown particularly in Fig. 3 thesefingers are arranged in pairs and converge upwardly, the distancebetween the upper ends of the fingers of each pair being slightly lessthan the diameter of a deposited coin so that, when a coin is dischargedinto a slot 16 and the space between the depending ears 18, it will besupported by the upper ends of the fingers 44 as long as the slide 14remains in its normal position. That portion of the front edge of shelf42 between the fingers 44 of each pair is beveled or rounded, as shownat 45, thus to deflect past the edge of the shelf 42 any object whichmay be smaller than the coin intended for use. Formed in the upper faceof the shelf 42 directly back of thespace between each pair of fingers44 is a series of notches 46 having substantially vertical front wallsand inclined rear walls, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, these notches beingdesigned to re ceive the lower edge of a deposited coin and thusconstitute a rack with which the coin coeperates as will be pointed outhereinafter. V

Extending inwardly from the lower edge portion of the front plate 8 is abase or supp g slide 14. The operator now pushes the 7 port 47 on whichis mounted a coin receptacle 48 extending throughout the width of thefront plate 8 and located below but 38. These flanges 38 are cut awayfrom said spaced from the shelf 42. of the coin receptacle 48 is spacedfrom the front plate 8 to form a. delivery passage 49 opening downwardlyonto the tray Extending upwardly from the front wall of the receptacle48' are deflecting shields 50 and 51.. The deflecting shields 5Ooverhang the receptacle 47 and up close to and under the shelf 42 andunder the beveled portions of the shelf 42. Thus any article directedover the beveled edges 45 of the shelf 42 will be deflected into thepassage 49 and delivered to tray 3. The deflecting portions '51 extendoutwardly away from the receptacle 48 and against the front plate 8 andare located in front of the recesses 43in shelf 42 so that, when a slugis directed into the machine it will pass directly through the recess 43and into thecoin receptacle-48'.

Pivotally mounted "on the rod 41 is a series of leaves 52, one leafbeing provided for each'magazine 35. Each, leaf is provided at one sidewith a depending arm 53 located directly back of the space between twoof the magazines and extending laterally from the lower end of each arm53 is a coin shutter 54. This coin shutteris designedtoclose the spacebetween the shelf 42 and the rear wall of the coin receptacle 48 and itis held pressed against the shelf 42 and the coin receptacle by aweighted finger 54 extending downwardly from one side portion of theleaf 52 and in the path of the lowermost article contained within themagazine with which the leaf is combined. In other words, this weightedfinger 54 is so positioned that when the lowermost artiole in themagazine is-ejected rearwardly The front wall from the magazine, it willpress against the finger 54 and swing it upwardly, thus causing the coinshutter 54 to swing inwardly and upwardly away from the shelf 42xand thereceptacle 48, as shown in Fig. 6. Importance is attached to the factthat the arm 53 is not located directly back of the magazine but,instead, is located beyond one side of the magazine where it will nothinder the 1 falling of a package when delivered from the magazine.

It is to be understood of course that each magazine 35 is to contain astack of packages X, there being an arched weight 55 resting on "eachstack; The lowermost package of each stack bears upon the supportingflanges 37 Y A coin of proper denoimnation can be in erted into any oneof the openings 22 and will gravitate along the passage 20 there underand passage communicates. The coin will enter the space between the'ears 18 and will rest upon and between the fingers 44-, the upper ortionof the coin projecting above the plunger 32 inwardly with the resultthat the coin is pushed by the frontear 18 0E of into the slot 16 withwhich the the fingers 44 and gravitates onto the shelf 42. During theinward movement of the plunger the slide 14 is likewise shifted inwardlyand the coin is thus dragged over the shelf 42 and is broughtsuccessively into the notches 46 so as thus to act as a pawl and preventthe return of the plunger to its initial position. As the coin is thrustrearwardly in the manner pointed out, the up wardly projecting portionof the coin will pass through the recess 27 and the'corresponding recessin the front wall of the magazine 35 and will thrust against thelowermost package in the magazine, thus sliding said package from underthe stack and to the position shown in Fig. 6. During this ejection ofthe package from the stack, it will come against the weighted finger 54and swing said finger inwardly and upwardly with the result that theshutter 54 will be swung inwardly away from the coin receptacle 48. Asthe inward movement of the plunger and slide continues the coin, whichhas been indicated generally at Y, will slip over the rear edge of theshelf 42 and will drop into the receptacle 48, this action taking placejust as the package is pushed off of the supporting flanges 37 and ontothe rearwardly extended slide 14. It might be stated that the slide isformed with recesses 56 in the rear edge thereof so that the rearwardmovement of the slide will not be interfered with by the depending arms53. The parts remain in these positions until the plunger 32 isreleased, whereupon the springs 33 will restore it automatically to itsinitial position, thereby withdrawing the slide 14 from under thepackage thereon so that said package will gravitate off ofthe slide.Before the package drops from the slide the finger 54 will be relie edof the sustaining action of the package and will automatically restorethe shutter 54 to its closing position as shown in Fig. 5 so that whenthe package falls it will not drop into the coin receptacle 48 but willfall into the space between said receptacle 48 and the back of thecasing l and will thus gravitate into the tray formed by the bottom ofthe casing, where it can be easily reached and removed. As the arm .53is located at one side of the shutter 54, it willbe seen that thepackage can drop straight down behind the coin.

receptacle 48 without coming into contact with said arm 53. Consequentlythere is no danger of the package becoming hung and clogging themachine, as would be the case should the area be extended upwardly fromthe middle portion of the shutter 54. Furthermore by utilizing theweighted finger 54, the shutter and its parts can be more cheaplyconstructed as it is unnecessary to utilize a spring to hold the shutterin closed position.

. Should the magazine be empty, a coin when deposited, would bedirectedonto the fingers 44 as before described and would be thrust rearwardlywith the plunger 32 and the slide 14. However, as there would be nopackage for the cointo engage and thrust rearwardly, the shutter 54would not be swung inwardly during this inward movement of the coin and,consequently, when the coin is discharged over the rear edge of theshelf 42, it will gravitate onto the shutter 54 while said shutter is inthe position shown in Fig. 5 with the result that instead of fallinginto the'receptaele 48, the coin will fall into the space back of saidreceptacle and be returned to the customer. Should a person tamperingwith the machine push the plunger 32 inwardly and then deposit a coin,said coin would fall upon that portion of the slide 14 between the frontedge thereof and the slots 16 and should the user continue to pushinwardly'on the plunger after the coin has been deposited under theseconditions, the said coin would slip over the front edge of the slide 14as said slide is thrust inwardly and thus drop onto one of thedeflecting wings 50 and be discharged through passage 49 into the space3 under the receptacle 48. If instead of continuing to push the plunger32 inwardly, the operator should release the plunger, the slide wouldreturn to its normal position and thus, bring the slot 16 under the coinso that the coin would enter the slot and become seated on the fingers44 whereupon it will not be returned to the customer. unless themagazine is empty but, instead, a package will be delivered to thecustomer.

Should a slug be inserted into the machine it will not fall straightdown through the passage 20 but will be deflected laterally by themagnet 21 and will fall into the space 24 and thence through slot 17 andrecess 43 into the coin box 48 so that the slug will not be returned tothe user.

T he machine hereinbefore described would not, of course, be suitablefor use between windows of street ears or the like, or at other placeswhere only narrow spaces are provided. For such purposes, a machine suchas has been illustrated in Figs. 7 to 13 in elusive is preferablyemployed. This machine contains but a single magazine con sisting of alongitudinally channeled member 57, said member being open at the topand back and being provided, along the rear edges of its side walls,with retaining flanges 58 terminating some distance above the bottom ofthe magazine. lVings 59 extend rearwardly from the side walls at thelower end of the magazine and below these wings the said side wallsmerge into the side walls of a coin receptacle 60 the bottom of which isshelf 77 has notches serve to hold the from the slide at the walls of atray 62 located underthereceptacle and the rear portion of the bottom ofwhich is upturned, as shown at 63, to constitute a. deflector, while thefront edge of said bottom of the tray is upturned as at 64 to constitutea retaining flange. The wall of the tray 62 is extended rear-wardlybeyond the coin receptacle 60 as shown at 65.

A guide plate 66 is secured to the front face of the magazine 57 andextends a short distance below the bottom of the magazine, the loweredge of this plate 66 being formed with a segmental recess 67 at thesides of which are arranged deflectors 68 which converge downwardlytoward the recess 67.

The front wall 69 of the coinreceptacle 60 is supported with its outeror front face flush with the front faces of the deflectors'68 and has asegmental recess 70 in its upper edge below but in front of the recess67 so that an object gravitating along the frontface of the plate 66 andbetween the deflectors 68, will pass through recess 67 and back ofrecess70 into the coin receptacle 60, as willbe apparent by referring to Fig.8.

A segmental colnreceiving opening 71 is formed in the guide plate 66 atthe upper end of a coin passage 72 formed within said plate, a portionof oneside wall of this passage being formed by a magnet 7 8 secured inany suitable manner to the plate '66. Below this magnet the side wall ofpassage 72 opens into a'recess 74 formedin the front of the plate 66,the bottom of therecess being beveled as at 75 so that an articledeflected laterally from passage 72 into recess 7 4 will gravitate ontothe beveled'bottom 75 of the recess and thus pass out of the recess andinto the space between the deflectors 68.

Extending rearwardly from the guide plate 66 and adjacent opposite sidesof the lower end of passage 72 are channeled guide arms 76 connected. byan arcuate shelf 7 7 the front edge of which isspaced from the plate 66,as shown particularly in Fig. 8. This the notches 4:6 hereinbeforereferred to. Mounted within the channeled guide'arms 76 is a slide 79from which extends a plunger 80. Lugs 81 extend downwardly from'the rearportion of the slide at the sides thereof and are connected by springs82 to theguide plate 66. These ears or lugs 81 extend into recesses 83in the bottom portions of the rear ends of the guides 76 and the springsears normally seated in these recesses 83 and with the front end of theslide 7 9 substantially flush with the front face of the guide plate 66.The slide has a slot 8 1 which normally registers with the lower end of.the passage 7 2 and depending front and back of the 8,5 and .86 forminga coin re 7 The guides 7 6. see. o their slot, are ears ceiving spacetherebetween, e Provid d, urea the inner suspended above the space ackae while 78 corresponding with forward portions, with coin engaging ribs87, the distance between the ribs being slightly less than the diameterof the coin used in connection with the machine so that when ace-in isdeposited in the slot 84 it will be supported by these ribs 87 while g abetween the shelf 77 and the front wall of the magazine.

'7 9 and out of the lower portion of passa e 72.

Tivotally mounted betweenv the side walls of the coin receptacle .60 andat the upper edge of the rear wall of said receptacle, is I a 00111hutter 89, the upper edge of this shutternormally extending under therear edgeof the shelf 77 A coiled spring 90 connects the shutter .tothefront wallof the magazine soas to hold said shutter normally pressedagalnstthe sidewalls of the maga- The front wall of the magazine isformed with zine, there being laterally extending fingers 91 upon thesides ofthe shutterwhich are adapted tobear against the wall of themagazine as shown particularly in Fig. 10.

Extending ba'ck of the shutter 89 is an arm 92 projecting which ismounted for rotation in the wings 59. These wings are provided withvertical series of apertures and any one of the apertures of each ser esis adapted to receive the rod. Thuslit will be seen that the rod canbeadjusted upwardly or downwardly relative to thefcoin receptacleandtothe slide 79. This adjustment may be effected from one end of a rod 93 Iwithout withdrawing the arm 92 from back 6 of the coin shutter 89. 7,

Rod 93 is provided, at an intermediate point, with a loop or extension95 which is normally inclined downwardly and rearwairdly so as to be'engaged and lifted by a being ejected rearwardly from the magazine. 6

- Guides 96 are formed .on or secured to the flanges 58 nearfthe rear'ends. thereof and are slidably engaged bygage strips '97 havingfingerpieces 98 at their upper ends,

whereby said strips can be adjusted. up

wardly or downwardly, thus to varythe size of the opening through whichthe packages are to be ejected from the magazine.

The front wall of the magazine is provided, at its upper. end, withparallel slits 99 forming spring tongues or tumblers 100 the upper ends.of whichare bent outwardly to form lugs 101. a

The entire structure scribed and which includes the magazine,

the coin receptacle, and the parts coijp erating therewith, is adaptedto be inserted I longitudinally within an angular tube 102 closed: atits upper end and open at its lower ene,' 't11emasaa e and gaineeeptaale sang hereinbefore deits normal r s lt that snugly in this tubeand there being an opening 103 through which the plunger 80 is adaptedto snap after the mechanism has been inserted in the casing 102 andwithin which the plunger is adapted to work. An additional segmentalopeninglO-f is formed in the front of the casing 102 and is adapted toregister with the opening 71 in the magazinewall. The front face of thecasing 102 is cut away at its lower end, as shown at 105, thus toprovide an outlet opening through which access may be had to thecontents of the tray 62. A shoulder 106 is formed upon the inner side ofthe front wall of casing 102 at the top thereof and,

when the magazine and the parts connected thereto is inserted into thecasing 102, the outturned ends 101 of the tumblers 100 are adapted tosnap into engagement with the shoulder 106 and thus lock the casing inposition. The only way in which the casing can then be removed from themagazine and i the mechanism adjacent thereto, is to insert a keycapable of forcing the tumblers 100 out of engagement with the shoulder106. After the tumblers have thus been disengaged, the plunger 80 ispushed inwardly through the opening 103 whereupon the magazine and theparts connected thereto can be pulled out of the casing 102.

The operation of this modified form of machine is similar to that of thelarge machine hereinbefore described. The stack of packages is placed inthe magazine under a weight 107 after which the magazine, coinreceptacle, and parts connected thereto, are inserted into the casing,and will lock as before pointed out. l/Vhen a coin of properdenomination is inserted in the opening 101 it will gravitate alongpassage 72 and drop into the slot 84 in which it will be supported bythe ribs 87 extending to opposite'sides of the ears 85 and 86. The coinwill project upwardly above the slide 79 in .back of the lowermostpackageof the stack. By now pressing inwardly on the plunger 80 theupper portion of the coin will thrust the lowermost package rearwardlyand against the projection 95, thus causing the rod 93 to rotate and thearm'92 to press against the shutter 89 and swing said shutter outwardlbeyond the rear edge of the shelf 77. The

coin will gravitate off the ribs 87 and pass over the notches 78 duringthis operation and will ultimately drop over the rear edge of the shelf77 and fall into the receptacle 60. Immediately subsequent to thisoperation the plunger 80 can be released and will be returned to itsinitial position by the springs 82 whereupon the package which wassupported by the slide 79 will drop. Before the said package reaches theshutter 89, said shutter will have been returned to position by spring90, with the the package will be caused to openings, a guide plate.having fall between the rear wall of casing '102-and of the coinreceptacle and will fall onto the tray 62. Should the magazine be emptythe coin will pass through the machine as hereinbefore described but,instead of falling into the coin receptacle 60, will drop into the tray62 for the reason that there is nothing in the machine to open theshutter 89. Should a slug be inserted into the passage 72 it will bedeflected therefrom by the magnet 73 and passed over the beveled bottom'75 of recess 74 and gravitate between the deflectors 68 and thendownwardly into coin receptacle 60 as hereinbefore pointed out.

By providing the adjustable strips 97 and the adjustable rod 93, themachine can be quickly adjusted to use packages of differentthicknesses. A p

By providing semi-circular coin receiving slots 22 and 10-1, it isimpossible to insert into the machine any object unless it be a circularone equal to or less than the thickness ofthe proper coin to be used,and less than orequal to the diameter of the coin to be used. The use ofangular slugs and the like is prevented.

What is claimed is 1. In a vending machine, a shelf, a slide thereabovehaving spaced coin receiving slots and an intermediate slug receivingslot, a front plate having spaced coin receiving passages leading fromsaid coin receiving openings to the coin slots, a magnet separating saidpassages and overhanging but spaced from the slug receiving slot,deflecting means disposed between the slug receiving slot and the coinreceiving slots.

2. The combination with a front plate, a magazine, and a coin receptaclespaced from the front plate and below the magazine, of a shelfinterposed between the magazine and coin receptacle and spaced from thefront plate, a slide having a coin receiving .slot interposed betweenthe shelf and the magazine, coin supporting means upstanding from theshelf and normally below theend portions of the coin receiving slot forholding'a coin within the slot and out of contact with the shelf, therebeing sufficient clearance between said coin supporting means below theupper end thereof to permit the passage of a coin therebetween andthrough the space between the shelf and front plate, and deflectingmeans overhanging the coin receptacle for directing a coin from saidspace between the front plate and the shelf and downwardly past the coinreceptacle. y

3. In a vending machine, the combination with a magazine,a coinreceptacle thereunder, and a shelf interposed between the magazine andthe receptacle, of a coin receivin slide between the magazine and shelf,a

Ccpies of this patent may be obtained for In testimony that we claim theforegoing as our own, We have hereto affixed our signatures in thepresence of two witnesses.

. ALTON H. BOXV'MAN. HENRY D. DESHLER.

Witnessesas to Alton H. Bowman:

G. J. S. KOI-ILER, F. T. L. KEIsER.

Witnesses as to H. D. Deshler:

NICHOLAS HARRIS, VVILLIAM Pom Horn.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatants, Washington,D. C.

